Scores dead in Mumbai train bombs At least 100 people have been killed by seven near-simultaneous bombs on the train network in the Indian financial capital, Mumbai (Bombay), police say.
The first explosion went off at about 1830 local time (1300 GMT), during the peak of the evening rush hour in the suburbs on the busy Western Railway.
Correspondents spoke of scenes of pandemonium, with people jumping from trains and bodies flung onto tracks.
There have been a number of bomb attacks in Mumbai in recent years.
The city and the capital Delhi have been put on high alert, and Mumbai's entire rail network has been shut down.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for calm and described the incidents as a "shocking and cowardly attempt to spread a feeling of hatred".
Pakistani leaders also condemned the blasts as a "despicable act of terrorism".
Police said the co-ordinated blasts took place at Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Bhayandar, with most on moving trains and two at stations.
A shopkeeper at a market near one explosion said it was so powerful they thought they had been "hit by lightning".
Television images show dazed and blood-splattered commuters being carried by fellow passengers to waiting ambulances, as rescue workers clambered through wreckage to reach victims.
The force of the blasts ripped doors and windows off carriages and scattered luggage and debris.
Clothes, shoes and personal possessions were strewn along the tracks.
MUMBAI BLASTS
Aug 2003: At least 44 people killed in double car bombing
July 2003: Three killed in bus blast
Mar 2003: 11 killed in commuter train
Jan 2003: 30 injured in market attack
Dec 2002: 23 injured at McDonald's outlet
Dec 2002: Two killed in bus blast
Mar 1993: More than 250 killed in serial blasts
A medical student at a hospital in Parel, which has received many of the wounded, told the BBC News website the "floors are filled with bloodstains".
"There were so many [injured people], I couldn't really count," Sunny Jain said.
"There are not enough ambulances and many people are making their own way to the station. They are coming in taxis and by foot."
The city's suburban train system is one of the busiest in the world, carrying more than six million commuters a day.
